Judul Skripsi: Motivating students to learn English through inspirational figure stories in SMPN 2 Sungguminasa (A pre-experimental research). Motivating students to learn English through inspirational figure stories in SMP Negeri 2 Sungguminasa (A pre-experimental research) under the thesis of Department of English, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Makassar Muhammadiyah University. This research aimed to find students' motivation to learn English in SMP Negeri 2 Sungguminasa.
The problem statement was how to improve students' motivation to learn English through stories of inspirational figure at SMP negeri 2 Sungguminasa. The location of this research was done basic problem that the researcher discussed in this final project is there any improvement students' motivation to learn English through the use of stories of inspirational figure. Based on the research finding, the researcher concluded that teaching English by using stories of inspirational figure can improve the students' motivation to learn English.
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INTRODUCTION
Background
That is why the researcher looks for story of success inspirational figure as a medium to stimulate students' desire for English learning ambition as an important subject in this era. Gage and Berliner say that motivation becomes one of the factors like intelligences and previous learning that can determine whether students achieve the knowledge, understanding or skill that we want them to have. As we know, students need spirit to learn everything depending on their future goals.
The researcher could subjectively see the students' interest in history, but no scientific research that has been seen by the researcher. One of the students had said to the teachers "if you were serious about explaining materials, the situation would be like watching a horror movie". Therefore, the researcher tries to formulate an appropriate method to make the students feel comfortable in my English teaching.
In his memory, when the researcher was studying English, he liked a teacher who always told a story about a national Indonesian hero. Based on the facts described above, the researcher conducted a research under the title: "Students' Motivation to Learn English through Stories of Inspirational Personalities at SMP Negeri 2 Sugguminas (Pre-Experimental Research)".
Problem statement
In that experience, students sometimes felt bored when the teaching method was monotonous and lacked variety from the first minute to the end.
Objective of the research
Significance of the Research
From this research, references to the teachers may indicate that motivation in effectively teaching English is an essential aspect for students to learn independently. One of the mediums that can be considered as an important tool for motivating students is the oral narration of inspirational figures. By describing student motivation on the Likert scale, an educational institution can apply the technique to classroom activities related to learning and teaching English if the study's findings show that a high percentage of student motivation is based on on the answers of respondents to the questionnaire.
Scope of the Research
Some Previous Related Findings
The difference between this study and previous findings lies in the instrument used to find students' description regarding the perception of how the stories of inspirational figures are likely to motivate students to learn English.
Some Pertinent Ideas 1. Concept of Motivation
Gardner in Benson (1991:35) states that motivation in learning English are those factors that encourage and direct students' activities as their effort and desire to learn English. In addition to the above types of motivation, instrumental and integrative, a third was added to analyze the situation of English as a foreign language in Japan (Benson. Motivated behavior directs students, they direct their energy to what can motivate them, for example, expanding social interaction, receiving praise from teacher, that means they are.
Because behavior is directed toward specific goals, students can choose activities that meet their needs. internal; factors such as students' interest in learning English, students' attitudes toward the English language, and students' aptitude or linguistic ability. In addition, he says that among the motivational factors we must not forget the textbook used, the ways of presenting and teaching the language, individual differences in language abilities, intelligence and interest (Kharma, 1991:104).
For this kind of students' motivation must be attracted by the culture of the target language community, and in the strong integrated motivation they want to integrate themselves into this culture. This term describes a situation where students believe that mastering the target language will help them get a better job, a better position or status. Most of all, it depends on paying more attention to the students than to the teacher.
The stories of inspiring characters are selected based on their significant contribution to humanity and the process the characters have taken to turn their ideas and imaginations into reality. In the context of teaching and learning English, the spirit of numbers is likely to be adopted by the students to realize that studying hard or learning more is a key factor in improving English skills. Knowing the characteristics of the students is the first step that will help the teachers to help them.
As stated in the School Based Curriculum, the purpose of the English subject in secondary schools is to develop communicative competence in spoken and written English through the development of related skills. Students will be able to support their next level of study through the ability of the English communicative competence. The standard of competence and basic competence that the research focuses on is the standard of content in the English subject, especially the English speaking lesson for the eighth grade students in the second semester of SMP Negeri 2 Sungguminasa.
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Conceptual Framework
Null hypothesis (Ho): It was accepted if the use of inspirational figure stories did not significantly improve student motivation. Alternative hypothesis (H1): It was accepted if the use of inspirational picture stories significantly improved students' motivation. This chapter presents the research method, population and sample, variable and indicator, research instrument, procedure and date of data collection and data analysis technique.
Research Design
Before dealing with the students, the researcher gave a questionnaire to find out the students' previous level. At the end, each student made a conclusion about the story, and the motivation gave an inspiring picture. After the treatment, the researcher administered a questionnaire to determine the effectiveness of the new method.
The independent variable is students' motivation and the dependent variable is stories of inspirational figure. The indicator of this research was motivation of the students to learn through stories of inspirational figures in the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 2 Sungguminasa. The population of this study took from grade VII at SMP Negeri 2 Sungguminasa in the academic year 2016/2017.
It consists of 4 classes, which are class VIII 1 with 33 students, class VIII 2 with 35 students, class VIII 3 with 30 students and class VIII D with 30 students.
Research Instrument
Procedure of Collecting Data
Tecnique of Data Analysis
In this questionnaire, respondents were asked to answer the question by selecting five categories, SS, S, TS, STS, STSS. The purpose of that categorization is to know the tendency of the respondents' answer towards SS or TS. D= the average score of the difference between the scores of pre-test and post-test.
This chapter answered the problem statement in the previous chapter and consisted of findings and discussion. The findings showed a description of the result from the data collected with the questionnaire in the pre-test and post-test. The researcher used inspirational personality stories during treatment to find improvement in students' motivation to learn English, and the improvement was also between pre-test and post-test.
It showed from the average score of the students in pre-test and post-test and also improvement percentage. Based on table 4.1 above, it showed that the mean score of the students in pretest was 74.73 more students felt unmotivated to learn English with teachers' motivation. Then researcher gave treatment using inspirational figure stories and students' scores had improved.
The data showed that using stories with inspiring characters to teach could improve student motivation.
The improvement of the students’ motivation
Calculating the t-Test Analysis
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